Volume 1, Chapter 56: Adoptive Father, I Beg You

Lin Chen believed that money was indeed important.

However, a gentleman loves wealth, but acquires it through proper ways; not just any money could be accepted.

To have the life to take it, one must also have the life to spend it!

Besides, a monthly salary of twelve thousand was already quite enough, and it might even increase in the future. Why give in to greed?

He put on a serious expression and said, "Director, I once again thank the company for its trust, but I really cannot accept this position change..."

"Name your terms!"

Long Wenyong gritted her teeth. "You've voiced all your concerns, and the only thing left is the salary and benefits. Go ahead and state what you want, any terms can be negotiated!"

If she couldn't sort this out, those people on the board of directors would undoubtedly come looking for trouble!

Lin Chen fell silent.

After much deliberation, he slapped his thigh and said, "Since you put it like that, I'll be blunt!"

"I want an annual salary of three hundred thousand, with the year-end bonus calculated separately. Can the company provide that?"

He refused to believe that Long Wenyong would actually agree to such an exorbitant demand!

Lin Chen had discussed this with Jiang Yao: in a large company like this, a department manager's salary and benefits at most amounted to just over twenty thousand a month.

For him to demand an annual salary of three hundred thousand right off the bat—if Long Wenyong actually agreed, he would simply work for a year, and resign the moment the company tried to make him a scapegoat.

Long Wenyong, however, breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought it would be much higher!

It was only three hundred thousand.

"No problem!"

Long Wenyong made the final decision on the spot. "Three hundred thousand as a guaranteed base salary, plus an additional one percent sales commission, and the year-end bonus will be calculated separately!"

"Huh?"

Lin Chen widened his eyes.

She actually agreed?

Long Wenyong patted his shoulder and nodded with satisfaction. "Very well, it's settled."

"The office area has already been renovated. It's on the eighth floor, and the entire eighth floor is allocated to your live-streaming department."

"Starting today, you are the manager of the live-streaming department. Whenever you need anything, just submit a report and apply directly to the finance department. I've already spoken with Department Head Yu, so you don't need to worry."

Yu Feng had brought this up from the very beginning; she was more than eager for Lin Chen to plant his roots firmly in the company and work hard!

Lin Chen still hadn't recovered his wits.

Had he just... been promoted?

Having completed her task, Long Wenyong was in high spirits. "Alright, go back and get prepared!"

Feeling as though he were walking in a dream, Lin Chen stood up to leave.

Suddenly, a very serious problem occurred to him.

"Wait, no!"

He slapped his thigh. "General Manager, you've just carved out an office area for me, and you're not going to care about anything else?!"

Long Wenyong was stunned. "Didn't I just say? The entire department is handed over to you to manage. What else is there for me to care about?"

Lin Chen grew anxious. "Right now there's just an office space, absolutely nothing else in it! You're not going to care about buying office equipment, hiring people, or anything?!"

In his urgency, colloquial curses almost slipped out.

Long Wenyong said without hesitation, "You're the manager, so naturally you're the one to handle that!"

"As for hiring people, just have a word with the personnel department and let them recruit people in."

She didn't know anything about selling goods via live stream.

Lin Chen was dumbfounded.

It was that simple?

The authority the company was granting him seemed outrageously massive...

Since that was the case...

"Can I recruit people myself?"

Lin Chen probed tentatively.

Long Wenyong nodded without hesitation. "As long as you think they are suitable, of course you can! After all, they're your people."

"There is one thing, though. When you want to recruit someone and have made your choice, the resume still needs to go through the personnel department. If the resume looks too unpresentable, or if they lack education and competence, those messy, unqualified people won't do."

After all, she was the general manager of the company. Even if the chairman specifically named Lin Chen for special care, she still had to bear some responsibility.

It was fine to set up a new department for Lin Chen to play around with, but she couldn't watch him do things that harmed the company's interests.

Otherwise, those people on the board of directors would be the first to object.

Lin Chen was still somewhat dazed and was about to ask more when Cai Meng walked in.

"General Manager, there's a meeting at eleven that's about to start."

Hearing this, Long Wenyong immediately said, "Good, I'll be right there."

Seeing this, Lin Chen had to swallow his stomach full of questions. "Then General Manager, go ahead with your work, I'll head back first."

Watching his retreating figure, Long Wenyong couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Young men nowadays really do have great figures!

...

Not until he returned to the office was Lin Chen still in a daze.

Jiang Yao was busy working, but seeing him enter, immediately perked up.

"What did the general manager want with you?"

"Did I guess right? Did the general manager take a fancy to your backside?"

"By the way, is our general manager a man or a woman? I've never paid attention."

"Hey, buddy, you look like you've lost your soul. Did something indescribable happen in the general manager's office?"

"The office, tsk tsk tsk..."

A string of questions snapped Lin Chen back to reality.

Ordinarily, he would have retorted long ago.

Today, however, he was in no mood for banter. Instead, he collapsed heavily into his office chair.

Lin Chen still hadn't digested the news.

Sensing something was amiss, Jiang Yao exclaimed, "Holy shit, I didn't actually guess right, did I? Bro, are you alright?!"

With that, he reached out to pat Lin Chen's rear. "Come on, let your godfather have a look..."

"Get lost!"

Lin Chen threw a punch, then furrowed his brows and said, "I've been promoted."

"Huh?"

Jiang Yao suspected he had misheard. "What did you say? Promoted? Promoted to what?"

They were currently members of the marketing department, and the marketing department manager, Shen Wei, was one of the company's veterans. It was practically impossible for Lin Chen to replace him.

As for the deputy manager, that person possessed exceptionally outstanding business capabilities and wasn't about to be ousted either.

Under these circumstances, what kind of position had Lin Chen been promoted to?

Besides, a genuine promotion was a good thing!

"Why do you look like you've been violated?"

"If you don't know how to speak, just shut your mouth!"

Lin Chen glared at him. "Who's been violated? I just haven't processed it yet, alright!"

No matter how he thought about it, today's events felt bizarre.

And frankly, he felt somewhat terrified of this pie falling from the sky.

Jiang Yao grew even more puzzled. "Can you finish what you're saying in one breath, damn it? What on earth happened?"

"Spill it, so your buddy can help you strategize!"

Lin Chen let out a long breath and recounted everything that had happened today from start to finish.

"What did you say?!!"

Jiang Yao leaped to his feet. "The company created a brand new department, and then handed it over to you, putting you in sole charge?"

"Did I hear that right?!"

Lin Chen nodded. "Yes, exactly. Right now the eighth floor of the company has been completely cleared out. I can move up there at any time and start getting the live-streaming department up and running."

Truth be told, though, he didn't have the slightest clue how to begin...

"Holy crap!"

Jiang Yao let out a roar that startled Lin Chen.

"Son... no, Godfather!!!"

Jiang Yao lunged in front of Lin Chen. "You're a manager now, it wouldn't be too much to give me a deputy manager position, right?"

"Godfather, I'm begging you! With the two of us joining forces, we'll definitely make a killing and make this department a massive success!!!"